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Post by Ken Porter on Aug 16, 2004 4:33:58 GMT 1
Name: Oswald Edward Cope
Rank: Trooper
Service No: 7947253
2nd. Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 08/09/1944
Son of Lewis and Edith May Cope, of Spondon, Derbyshire.
Interred at Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII, F, 3.
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Post by Ken Porter on Aug 17, 2004 6:07:56 GMT 1
Name: Sgt. Albert John Copping
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Service No: 1380366
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Bomber Command, 3 Group, 99 Squadron,
Age: 26
Date of Death: 03/01/1942
Son of Horace James Copping and Emily Copping; husband of Doreen Florence Copping, of Derby.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Interred in Hawkinge Cemetery
Plot O. Grave 53.
On 1 April 1924, No. 99 Squadron RAF reformed at Netheravon with Vimys, moving two months later to Bircham Newton.
The Squadron converted to Vickers Wellingtons in October 1938. Leaflet-dropping flights were made over Germany from September 1939 and bombing raids began with the German invasion of Norway in April 1940. The Squadron was based at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire in March 1941, and re-equipped with Wellington II's. These bombing raids continued until 14 January 1942, when the Squadron ceased operations in the UK and left for India.
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Post by Ken Porter on Aug 18, 2004 18:55:44 GMT 1
Douglas Watson Glass
Rank: Leading Aircraftman (Pilot under training)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Service No: 937554
Age: 23
Date of Death: 26/08/1940
Son of Thomas Macintosh Glass and Janet McPhail Glass, of Spondon, Derbyshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Interred at Montrose, (Sleepyhillock) Cemetery, Scotland
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 7. Class C. Grave 92.
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Post by Ken Porter on Aug 18, 2004 19:04:22 GMT 1
Arthur Sidney Hancocks
Rank: Trooper
Royal Armoured Corps
Service No: 7895449
1st Derbyshire Yeomanry
Age:
22
Date of Death:
04/09/1941
Son of Sydney Robert and Gertrude Hancocks, of Spondon.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Spondon Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. E. Grave 68.
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Post by kenpor2 on Aug 19, 2004 23:55:27 GMT 1
Sgt. Norman Peter HITCHCOCK
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Service No: 1581832
Date of Death: 05/12/1944
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Runnymede Memorial Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 231.
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Post by kenpor2 on Aug 20, 2004 0:11:37 GMT 1
F/O. James Henry (Jim) Kingsbury
Service No: 158548
Rank: Flying Officer
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: R.A.F. No.23 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death:11/04/1944
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Kingsbury, of Borrowash, Derbyshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Vias Communal Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. D. Row 6. Joint grave 1
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Post by Ken Porter on Aug 20, 2004 0:23:29 GMT 1
On 1 July 1925, No. 23 Squadron reformed at Henlow. It wasn't until late 1938 that the squadron received its first monoplanes in the form of Blenheims, and these were used as night-fighters in the early days of World War II whilst based at Wittering. In 1941, Havocs replaced the Blenheims, and these were used with great success in the intruder role, until themselves replaced by the Mosquito in mid-1942. At the end of the year, the squadron moved to Malta in support of allied operations in the Mediterranean before returning to the UK in 1944.
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Post by Steve (Spondon Online) on Aug 20, 2004 17:09:42 GMT 1
Ashby, Frank Stephen
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps
Age: 27
Date of Death: 12/01/1947
Son of Percy and Ethel Ashby, of Spondon; husband of Kathleen Ashby, of Derby.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 1129.
Cemetery: Spondon
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Post by Steve (Spondon Online) on Aug 20, 2004 17:12:00 GMT 1
Cordon, Granville Trevor
Rank: Warrant Officer (Nav./W.Op.)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 254 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 26/04/1946
Service No: 1581673
Son of William Henry Eley Cordon and May Cordon, of Spondon; husband of Evelyn Cordon (nee Richardson), of Spondon.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. E. Grave 93.
Cemetery: Spondon
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Post by Steve (Spondon Online) on Aug 20, 2004 17:13:25 GMT 1
Dunlop, Donald
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Armoured Corps
Unit Text: 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry
Age: 25
Date of Death: 09/07/1941
Service No: 7889401
Son of Robert and Annie Dunlop, of Chaddesden.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. E. Grave 165.
Cemetery: Spondon
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Post by Ken Porter on Aug 22, 2004 6:38:38 GMT 1
John George Lawson
Air Mechanic 2nd Class
Service No: FX.737218
Royal Navy
Unit : H.M.S. Gosling. This was a Fleet Air Arm Training Establishment at Risley, near Warrington, Cheshire. Commisioned on 1st. July 1942, training Air Fitters, Air Mechanics, Radio Mechanics and Royal Marine Trainees of the Royal Naval Air Station Defence Force.
Age: 18
Date of Death: 02/06/1945
Son of Joseph Henderson Lawson and Florence Ellen Lawson, of Spondon.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Interred in Spondon Cemetery:
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. E. Grave 239.
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Post by Ken Porter on Aug 24, 2004 0:16:29 GMT 1
Name: William Henry Martin
Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class
Service No: 852819
Royal Air Force (Aux. Air Force)
Age: 41
Date of Death: 07/04/1943
Son of William Percival Frank and Alice Mary Martin, of Derby; husband of Elizabeth Martin.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Spondon Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. E. Grave 167.
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Post by Ken Porter on Aug 24, 2004 0:23:17 GMT 1
Sgt. Ernest McCarthy
Service No: 7889339
East Yorkshire Regiment
Age: 23
Date of Death: 17/01/1942
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Interred in Spondon Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. E. Grave 606.
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Post by Ken Porter on Aug 24, 2004 0:29:55 GMT 1
Albert Arthur Osborne
Rank: Private
Service No: 7648058
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Age: 27
Date of Death: 17/08/1943
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: B3. W. 17.
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Post by Ken Porter on Aug 24, 2004 0:38:02 GMT 1
Francis Leonard Rawson
Rank: Driver
Service No:T/166768
Royal Army Service Corps
Age: 35
Date of Death: 04/08/1942
Son of Horace L Rawson and Nellie Rawson;
husband of Lilian Clarissa Rawson, of Spondon, Derbyshire, England.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Pietermaritzburg (Fort Napier) Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row C. Grave 12.
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